Journalist investigating illegal logging shot dead
A 49-year-old journalist reportedly investigating illegal logging in Kratie province was shot dead early Sunday morning. Within hours, police arrested three men—a commune police chief, a military police officer and a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier—for the murder, officials said. Taing Try, who contributed to ...
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/journalist-investigating-illegal-logging-shot-dead-69629/
Garment factory floor collapse injures 4 in Cambodia
Four Cambodian garment workers were slightly injured on Tuesday after part of the floor in a garment factory collapsed into a pond built underneath, a local police chief confirmed. The incident occurred at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at Nishiku Enterprise in Bati district of southern Takeo ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/21/c_133731886.htm
New power supply will miss dry seaon because of virus
The combined 400 mega Watt (mW) supply of power plants proposed to run on heavy fuel oil in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district will not generate power as planned in the first part of this year because construction has been suspended by COVID-19. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50705761/new-power-supply-will-miss-dry-seaon-because-of-virus/
ASEAN launches river project
The ASEAN integrated river basin management (IRBm) project was launched in manila, Philippines, to develop practical and innovative ways for communities, industries and governments to work together to revitalise the rivers of Southeast Asia. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-launches-river-project
China and HK Cambodia’s top rice exporters in first five months of 2023
China and Hong Kong have emerged as the top export markets for Cambodian milled rice, covering 42.43 percent of total exports worth $77.42 million. The 25 European countries accounted for 37.93 percent of exports worth $71.99 million, according to Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/china-and-hk-cambodias-top-rice-exporters-in-first-five-months-of-2023
NBC: E-wallet accounts in Cambodia hit 17.9M in 2022
The number of e-wallet accounts in the Kingdom reached 17.9 million at end-December amid an acceleration in electronic payment volumes driven in part by Covid-19 anxiety, reflecting gradual fintech (financial technology) development towards achieving the government’s digital economy objectives. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-e-wallet-accounts-cambodia-hit-179m-2022
PPWSA, VCGP sign $103.3M deal for water treatment plant in Bakheng
In a move towards enhancing Cambodia’s water infrastructure, the Phnom Penh Water Authority (PPWSA) and Vinci Construction Grands Projets (VCGP) have finalised $103.3 million contract yesterday for the design and construction of the third drinking water treatment plant in Bakheng. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501471588/ppwsa-vcgp-sign-103-3m-deal-for-water-treatment-plant-in-bakheng/
Police Surround Homes in Search of Alleged Secessionists
Dozens of police in search of two Kratie province “secessionist ringleaders” surrounded the homes of two of their relatives in Kompong Cham province for nearly 12 hours yesterday while threatening those inside, a relative of the two men said. The alleged secessionist movement has been used ...
MFone workers told to wait
Former employees of the failed telecommunications company mFone have been told they can expect a decision next month on their claims for more than $4 million in compensation. Former mfone section manager Bou Kunthea said after a meeting yesterday with offic-ials from the ministry of Social ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032062036/Business/mfone-workers-told-to-wait.html
Cambodia's ruling, opposition parties to resume talks over electoral reform next week
Representatives of Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties will meet next Tuesday to discuss about the establishment of a mechanism for an electoral reform, the Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) said Saturday. “The ruling CPP sets 9:00 a.m. Feb. 18 as the date to meet and negotiate ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=200732
Five arrested for trying to traffic women to China
Anti-human trafficking police in Phnom Penh arrested three Cambodians and two Chinese nationals after the group tried to traffic two young women—who had been promised wealthy husbands—to work as prostitutes in China, police said monday. Keo Thea, chief of the municipal anti-human trafficking police, said the ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-arrested-for-trying-to-traffic-women-to-china-52479/
Economic expansion of Cambodia; an opportunity for Thai entrepreneurs
The retail marketing business in Cambodia has been growing at approximately 8% a year for the last 10 years and is expected to increase by 7.5% a year from 2014-2018. This economic expansion and greater purchasing power of Cambodians, is seen as presenting great opportunities ...
National News Bureau of Thailand
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNRPT5705080010001
Cambodian woman dies, 5 others injure after old mortar shell explodes
A war-left mortar round exploded on Friday morning, killing an old woman and seriously injuring five others in northern Kampong Thom province, a provincial military police chief said. “The explosion occurred at 7:40 a.m. local time in Kampong Svay district when a man was hitting ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/23/c_133355659.htm
Tycoon gunned down in Phnom Penh
A prominent Phnom Penh businessman died after being shot six times by an unidentified gunman outside a fruit shop in Chamkar mon district on Saturday, according to military police, who believe the murder was an assassination. Ung meng Chue, 53, a construction tycoon who held the ...
Saing Soenthrith, Hay Pisey and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tycoon-gunned-down-in-phnom-penh-72866/
Cambodia, Japan to work for Sihanoukville Port development
Mr Hun Sen and the PriMe Minister of Japan Kishida FuMio have agreed to Make Sihanoukville a Major port for CaMbodia and the Mekong region. Sihanoukville is a deep-sea port, which will be developed into a port that will allow More large ships to dock, ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045316/cambodia-japan-to-work-for-sihanoukville-port-development/
Nearly 2 million vehicles travel on Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia in 5 months
Almost 1.9 million vehicles had travelled on the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway in the first five months since its opening to the public last October, the ministry of Public Works and Transport said in a news release on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247347/nearly-2-million-vehicles-travel-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia-in-5-months/
Cambodia, Hong Kong agree to foster mutual economic growth
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Wednesday signed two memoranda of understanding (moUs) to diversify the economy, develop private sector and foster ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501533198/cambodia-hong-kong-agree-to-foster-mutual-economic-growth/
11 Activists Arrested for Views That ‘Impact Public Order’
Eleven political activists were pulled off the street by helmeted security guards Tuesday morning during a peaceful march to foreign embassies to deliver petitions calling for an end to government violence and the release of 23 imprisoned activists and strikers. The 11 protesters—10 land rights activists ...
Phorn Bopha and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eleven-activists-arrested-for-views-that-impact-public-order-50934/
Government spokesman summons student over Facebook post
Council of Ministers spokesMan Phay Siphan has suMMoned a student froM the country’s top state journalisM school for a Meeting at his office after she used a post on her Facebook page to question the sense of a guest lecture he delivered last week. Mr. Siphan ...
Alex Willemyns and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-spokesman-summons-student-over-facebook-post-58460/
Cambodia Joins Stocks Party
Cambodia tapped into the growing global interest in Southeast Asia with the start of trading in the sole stock at its gleaming new stock exchange on Wednesday. Ordinary Cambodians and local businesses scrambled to buy into the country’s first initial public offering—of shares in a local ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304331204577351551608365784.html